Case Summary

Annie Brown, represented by Fred L. Smith was detained by Martin White and Sergeant Iler and alleged that there was no reason for her imprisonment. The writ was allowed and she was released from custody.

Case Information

Petition type(s)

• Carceral

Petition subtype(s)

• Wrongful imprisonment

Sites of significance

• Unspecified Jail (, )

Outcome

Writ allowed

Fate of bound party

Released from custody

Case Citation

RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 4: Criminal Appearance Docket Books, 1855-1900, Vol. 4: Pages 1-401, Nov. 25, 1898 - Aug. 2, 1899, p. 49 (microfilm); RG230 Douglas County Records, Subgroup 10: District Court, 1855-1972, Series 7: Criminal Case Files, 1897-1920, Box 9: Doc. 4-24 to 4-137, 1898-99, No. 4-49

Source material(s)

Docket | Case File

Length of case file

Between 21 and 30 pages

Repository(s)

• History Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

State

• Nebraska

People

• Brown, Annie (petitioner)
• Brown, Annie (bound party)
• Smith, Fred L. (petitioner attorney)
• Scott, Cunningham R. (judge)
• White, Martin (holding party)
• White, Martin (respondent)
• White, Martin (responding party)
• Iler, Daniel W. (respondent)
• Iler, Daniel W. (holding party)
• Iler, Daniel W. (responding party)

• Additional parties

  Frank, Albyn L. (clerk)

  McDonald, John W. (sheriff)

  Mitchell, Miles (deputy)

  Gordon, S. I. (subpoenaed, judge of police court)

  Clancy, R. J. (clerk of the police court)

  Cook, Henry C. (city jailer);